Definition of Red cabbage

1. Noun. Cabbage plant with a compact head of reddish purple leaves.


2. Noun. Compact head of purplish-red leaves.
Generic synonyms: Head Cabbage

Definition of Red cabbage

1. Noun. A variety of cabbage having red leaves, Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra L ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Cabbage

red beet
red biddy
red birch
red bird's eye
red blood cell
red blood cell cast
red blood cell count
red blood cell indices
red blood cells
red bone marrow
red brick universities
red brick university
red bryony
red buckeye
red cabbage (current term)
red cabbages
red campion
red cap
red car
red card
red cards
red carpet
red carpet(a)
red cedar
red cell
red cell adherence phenomenon
red cell adherence test
red cell cast
red cent

Literary usage of Red cabbage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"Choose the purple red cabbage. Those who like the flavour of spice will boil ... To pickle red Cabbage. They should be small, and with thick rinds: rub them ..."

2. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1860)
"The red cabbage is chiefly used for pickling ; and the dwarf red variety, Neill observes, " certainly docs make one of the most ..."

3. Indicators and Test-papers: Their Source, Preparation, Application, and by Alfred Isaac Cohn (1902)
"CABBAGE, RED ALKALIES — Green ACIDS = Red Source : The red cabbage is a variety of ... Preparation: A tincture of the leaves of the red cabbage is made by ..."

4. Indicators and Test-papers: Their Source, Preparation, Application, and by Alfred Isaac Cohn (1902)
"CABBAGE, RED ALKALIES = Green ACIDS = Red Source : The red cabbage is a variety of ... Preparation : A tincture of the leaves of the red cabbage is made by ..."

5. Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley (1824)
"To preserve the Colour of red cabbage. Digest the leaves of the cabbage in warm alcohol, and when the whole of the colouring matter is extracted distil off ..."

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